Mystery Hunt 2012 Recast: COMPLETE!!!

[Suspence]

It looks like SE?ES or SE??ES.
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[Gomez*]

Okay, I think I've got it. Each word is comprised of elemental abbreviations found on the periodic table. Furthermore, all the abbreviations which build each word are, in each case, to be found together in a specific row or column of the table (the row/column in question, of course, is different for each word) except[/] for one abbreviation in each word, which breaks the pattern by turning up in a [i]different row or column. For example, the elements which comprise the word "CARPAL" (C Ar P Al) are all found in the 3rd row of the table, except for C, which is in the second row. So we isolate C and move on to the next word.

Doing this for each word gives us C O Rn Y Cl ?? Es. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that, since there's a Sherlock Holmes theme at play here, that the remaining element is a U that gives C O Rn Y. Cl U Es. Corny clues, of course, would certainly make the production worse.

Call in Corny Clues.

[LordKinbote]

[Suspence]

I want to like Audio Games, but it's frustrating me to feel like I know them all but can't place any of them.

I've spent some time trying old NES games I used to play on web-based emulators, but I haven't stumbled across any of the songs.
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[LordKinbote]

[Suspence]

I tried Punch-Out, ExciteBike, Ice Hockey, Double Dribble.

It either wasn't any of those, or else I stink at matching these tunes.
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[LordKinbote]

[Suspence]

Looking back at my list, maybe I played too many sports games when I was a kid. I also played TecmoBowl, Blades of Steel, California Games. Seems like every game I had outside of the 3 Mario Bros. was a sports game.

I'll find a list of top NES games and give them a quick play tonight.
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[Suspence]

I resorted to Sporcle quizzes - http://www.sporcle.com/search/?p=1&s=nes+music

#1 is MegaMan 2 (Bubble Man level)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YruCYWffiiM#t=0m30s
0:13 of Audio Games Clip #1

#2 is Castlevania
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYfgpodCVHE
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[Greg]

3. The Legend of Zelda
4. Marble Madness
5. Metroid
6. Final Fantasy
7. Super Mario Bros.

And back to lurking.

[gftt*]

[Suspence]

Greg rocks! But now what?

I would have thought of "Elementary, my dear Watson" as a clue for elements, and I'm quite sure I have used it as a clue for this in the past.

I just don't think I would have put Sherlock Holmes = "Elementary, my dear Watson" = elements together.
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[gftt*]

Wouldn't the next step be to identify what's going on in the game from the sound effects?

Is it just me that finds it suspicious that the clips are 26 seconds each?

[Scurra]

I have to admit that with this one I listened to the first few, realised that I didn't know them, and stopped. If I had got to the end I would have recognised Super Mario Bros. straight away...

And yes, I agree that the 26 seconds thing is clearly indicating a letter match in each clip somehow.

Anyway, for #7 it sounds like the very beginning of the game - run along, jump on a whatsit, hit a block to create a mushroom, jump into the mushroom and grow. It all sounds very convincing to me.
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[gftt*]

Well, I'm ready to move on... not sure if there's anybody else, though.

[jesternl]

I'm in most cases not good enough to even begin solving these I'm following with interset though..
But yes, next puzzle would be good methinks

[Suspence]

I'm unmotivated right now...maybe a new puzzle would fix that.
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[LordKinbote]

I'll get the new puzzle ready in a couple minutes, but here's a hint to put this puzzle to bed.

1. Suspence and Greg's identifications are all correct.
2. The "All are 26 seconds" insight is a good one.
3. If you've played the games, there's something a bit off about each clip.

[LordKinbote]

New puzzle: Match Game by Patrick Blindauer.

[Jack_Ian]

Solution is posted on that website, perhaps you can copy it to another location without the solution.
Was working on it and noticed the link. Tried it to see if it worked.
Can't unknow now what I know

[Suspence]

It's been that way on all puzzles...You have to resist the urge, it's part of the challenge, knowing you are only a click away from the answer, yet devoting hours of your life to come up with it the right way.
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[LordKinbote]

[Jack_Ian]

I'll try to resist next time

[gftt*]

First half:

Row 1
CANOE/THANX
NYMPH/NORAD
OZONE/OBESE
ELBOW/FEMUR?
???/???

Row 2
???/???
WRATH/FENCE?
ZELDA/SHERA?
ARGUE/CHASM
DANCE/LOOSE (or LOUSE?)

Row 3
PESTO/GUMBY
???/WENDY?
ETHEL/???
PRIMA/EDSEL
EXILE/TRYST

Row 4
METRO/???
HAZEL/???
BAMBI/STOLI?
TORSO/SHREK
ENTRY/ALIAS

Row 5
TASTY/HERTZ
ROGUE/RHYME
???/VIXEN
VOGUE/NEPAL
ACTOR/INDIA

Row 6
SKYPE/FLASH
TITHE?/TUTOR
HYENA/DELTA?
FABLE?/SAINT?
RAZOR/RAVEN

Row 7
SEVEN/VIRGO
???/WOOLS?
BRAVO/KEANU
GATOR/???
ADAMS/THETA

Row 8
DINGO?/MEANT??
ISUZU/ESSAY
CAVEL??/TIMED?

[gftt*]

Oh, I see, each card on top fills in the gaps of two of the 3 words of one card on the bottom. Assuming they all match up, that leaves 38 words on the bottom that are unmatched. What then?

[gftt*]

[gftt*]

I can't do math. 95 words.

[Suspence]

So Image 5:

Matches up with Image 40:

To give VIOLA and MCFLY, with the top line of 40 unused.

Image 6:

Image 60:

HEDDA and LOFTY, bottom line of 60 unused.
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[gftt*]

Words are in groups of 5, where the first 2 are on a card in the top half, the first three are on a card in the second half, the last 2 are on a card in the bottom half, and the last 3 are on a card in the second half. For instance,
SEVEN
VIRGO
PORGY
SKYPE
LEASE
is from r7c1 in the top, r1c1 on the bottom, r6c1 on top, and r6c3 on bottom.

Keeping in the theme, PORGY has a natural match of BESS... not sure about the others. LEND/LEASE, perhaps?

Let's try another:

ROGUE
RHYME
LIFTS
VIOLA
MCFLY

(bottom: r1c2, r1c5; top: r5c2, r1c5). RHYME or REASON... OK, not so useful.

[Suspence]

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[gftt*]

CANOE
THANX
PEKOE
TORSO
SHREK

top: r1r1, r4r4; bottom: r2c4, r1c3. No real partners of any of these words, I don't think. I sure hope this doesn't have to do with the way in which the letters are cut into two pieces. That would get messy.

[Suspence]

PRIMA
EDSEL
EVENT
ADAMS
THETA

CANOE
THANX
PEKOE
TORSO
SHREK

ETHEL
ALTAR
TIMEX
ELBOW
LEMUR

ACTOR
INDIA
BASIS
ENTRY
ALIAS

FABLE
SAINT
QUITS
WRATH
FINCH

SEVEN
VIRGO
PORGY
SKYPE
LEASE

OZONE
OBESE
AESOP
TASTY
MERTZ

HEDDA
LOFTY
HAFIZ
SULFA
WOOFS

DINGO
MIAMI
SWANK
HYENA
DELTA

EXILE
TRYST
ELAND
ARGUE
CHASM

GAVEL
TIMID
HAGEN
NYMPH
NORAD

ROGUE
RHYME
LIFTS
VIOLA
MCFLY

GATOR
DITZY
YENTL
PESTO
GUMBY

RAZOR
RAVEN
HEIDI
PONZI
WINDY

TITHE
TUTOR
BEARD
ZELDA
SHERA

METRO
MYRRH
RAOUL
BAMBI
STOLI

VOGUE
NEPAL
LEHAR
FAGIN
VIXEN

LANCE
LOOSE
NERVY
BRAVO
KEANU

ISUZU
ESSAY
LOSER
HAZEL
IDYLL

I think that completes all of the groups. Each group seems to contain 2 words that start with the same letter...
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[gftt*]

[gftt*]

HOFFAITHROESTETRANDIANAMEDEMAORIFLEAVEGANTISSELMERASERGETTY

Middle (unmatched) letters spell out FIRSTNAMEOFAGTSMART

HO and TY are unmatched, but them's the breaks, I guess.

call in MAXWELL

[LordKinbote]

[novice]

Wow... Can you guys explain in a bit more detail how you solved Match Game?

Edit: Never mind, I read the solution. Nice work.

[novice]

Word Length
In 2
to 2
for 3
for 3
for 3
from 4
Heat 4
Heat 4
HVAC 4
Flows 5
Fluid 5
Fluid 5
Human 5
Flight 6
Fluids 6
Humans 6
Indoor 6
Places 6
Freedom 7
Helpful 7
History 7
Horizon 7
Housing 7
Thermal 7
Thought 7
Traffic 7
Highways 8
Partners 8
Planning 8
Politics 8
Transfer 8
Implement 9
Pathogens 9
Therapies 9
Historical 10
Industrial 10
Integrated 10
Introduces 10
Introduces 10
Principles 10
Principles 10
Processing 10
Techniques 10
Turbulence 10
Foundations 11
Immigration 11
Positioning 11
Temperature 11
Therapeutic 11
Fundamentals 12
Hydrostatics 12
Introduction 12
Introduction 12
Technologies 12
Technologies 12
Psychrometrics 14
Immunotherapies 15
Instrumentation 15
Psychoacoustics 15
Pharmacodynamics 16

........... ....... (.. & .... ......) (1 of 2) [12, 26]

......... ....... ............ ... ........ [29, 13]

.......... .... ........ & ..... .......... [13, 9]

.......... .... & .......-...... .......... [11, 17]

............: ........ & ....... ..... ........ (2 of 3) [3, 6]

............: ..... ......., ......., & ........ [3, 4]

.......... ....... .......... ... ............... [23, 7]

...............: .......... ......... ... ......... (1 of 2) [15, 2]

.. ......: ........... ........... & Pharmacodynamics [4, 19]

.......... ............, .........., & ..... .......... [10, 6]

...... ....: ............, ............, & Psychrometrics (2 of 2) [13, 19]

...............: ......., ..........., & ...... ........... [1, 26]

50 words to be fitted into 10 five-word clues.

[gftt*]

Some more easy ones...

In 2
to 2
for 3
for 3
for 3
from 4
Heat 4
Heat 4
HVAC 4
Flows 5
Fluid 5
Fluid 5
Human 5
Flight 6
Fluids 6
Humans 6
Indoor 6
Places 6
Freedom 7
Helpful 7
History 7
Horizon 7
Housing 7
Thermal 7
Thought 7
Traffic 7
Highways 8
Partners 8
Planning 8
Politics 8
Transfer 8
Implement 9
Pathogens 9
Therapies 9
Historical 10
Industrial 10
Integrated 10
Introduces 10
Introduces 10
Principles 10
Principles 10
Processing 10
Techniques 10
Turbulence 10
Foundations 11
Immigration 11
Positioning 11
Temperature 11
Therapeutic 11
Fundamentals 12
Hydrostatics 12
Introduction 12
Introduction 12
Technologies 12
Technologies 12
Psychrometrics 14
Immunotherapies 15
Instrumentation 15
Psychoacoustics 15
Pharmacodynamics 16

........... ....... (to & from ......) (1 of 2) [12, 26]

......... ....... ............ for ........ [29, 13]

.......... .... ........ & ..... .......... [13, 9]

.......... .... & .......-...... .......... [11, 17]

............: ........ & ....... ..... ........ (2 of 3) [3, 6]

............: ..... ......., ......., & ........ [3, 4]

.......... ....... .......... for ............... [23, 7]

...............: .......... ......... for ......... (1 of 2) [15, 2]

In ......: ........... ........... & Pharmacodynamics [4, 19]

.......... ............, .........., & ..... .......... [10, 6]

...... ....: ............, ............, & Psychrometrics (2 of 2) [13, 19]

...............: ......., ..........., & ...... ........... [1, 26]

50 words to be fitted into 10 five-word clues.

[Suspence]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who noted, but all words start with F, H, I, T or P, and there are 12 of each.

There are 60 words and 12 clues, 5 words in each.

This seems to suggest each line needs a word from each letter group. In all the ones we have F starts the 4th word. Could be a coincidence, or the same letters might need to start every word in a given position.

EDIT: Most of the I's would seem a logical starting point. I'd guess Word 1 in all 12 groups must start with I.
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[Suspence]

I think I've confirmed my previous post.

First words match with I. Second words match up with H lengths, 3rd to T, 4th to F, 5th to P. Then some words seem to fit logically into place:

1 Immigration ??????? To & From Places
2 Implement ??????? Technologies For ????????
3 ?????????? ???? Transfer ????? ??????????
4 ?????????? ???? ??????? ?????? ??????????
5 Introduction: Highways & Traffic Flows Planning
6 Introduction: Human ??????? ??????? ????????
7 ?????????? ??????? ?????????? For Psychoacoustics
8 Immunotherapies: Historical Therapies For Pathogens
9 In Humans : ??????????? Foundations & Pharmacodynamics
10 ?????????? Hydrostatics ?????????? ????? ??????????
11 Indoor ???? Technologies, Fundamentals & Psychometrics
12 Instrumentation ??????? ??????????? & Freedom Positioning
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